煎
broil, parch, roast, boil
Readings
On'yomi
- セン
Kun'yomi
- せん.じる
- い.る
- に.る
Nanori
- いり
Meaning
煎 centers on applying dry or wet heat to food: broiling, parching, roasting, or boiling. The common thread is cooking with heat, often to transform or prepare ingredients.
Most common words using 煎
20 of 41- 煎ジョン
jeon (fried dish of meat, vegetables, etc. coated in flour and egg)
- 煎餅せんべいN1
(Japanese) rice cracker; senbei
- 煎せん
infusing (tea); infusion
- 煎ずるせんずる
to boil; to decoct; to infuse
- 煎茶せんちゃ
green tea; green leaf tea; non-powdered tea (as opposed to matcha)
- 二番煎じにばんせんじ
rehash; (boring) rerun
- 煎じるせんじる
to boil; to decoct; to infuse
- 湯煎ゆせん
warming (something) in a vessel placed in hot water
- 煎れるいれる
to be roasted; to be parched
- お煎おせん
(Japanese) rice cracker; senbei
- ぬれ煎餅ぬれせんべい
moist rice cracker; rice cracker covered in a soy-based sauce
- ソース煎餅ソースせんべい
sauce-flavoured rice crackers
- 中煎りなかいり
medium roast (coffee)
- 乾煎りからいり
light roasting; light toasting; parching
- 浅煎りあさいり
light roast (coffee)
- 深煎りふかいり
dark roast (coffee)
- 焙煎ばいせん
roasting (e.g. of coffee)
- 焙煎豆ばいせんまめ
roasted (coffee) bean
- 煎じ出すせんじだす
to extract by boiling; to prepare an infusion of; to decoct
- 煎じ茶せんじちゃ
decoction of tea
Study
Etymology
煎 combines 前 (before, front) with 灬 (fire). The character likely expresses the idea of applying fire to food, with 前 possibly contributing a phonetic element. The exact historical development is uncertain.
Meaning mnemonic
Picture a fire 灬 under a cooking pot, with the food placed in front 前 of the heat. The fire roasts, broils, or boils the food until it's done.
Reading mnemonic
For セン, imagine sending a dish to be broiled over the fire: send -> セン, and the fire 灬 beneath the food 前 does the cooking.